Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Never stop the car on a drive in the dark
Never look for the truth in your mother's eyes
Never trust the sound of rain upon a river
Rushing through your ears
Arriving somewhere
But not here
Could you imagine the final sound as a gun
Or the smashing windscreen of a car?
Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out
Was a song?
Arriving somewhere
But not here
All my designs
Simplified
And all of my plans
Compromised
And all of my dreams
Sacrificed
Ever had the feeling you've been here before?
Drinking down the poison the way you were taught
Ever thought from here on in your life begins
And all you knew was wrong?
Arriving somewhere
But not here
All my designs
Simplified
And all of my plans
Compromised
And all of my dreams
Did you see the redness block your part?
Did the scissors cut a way to your heart?
Did you feel the end before the sons of mothers
Tearing you apart?
Arriving somewhere
But not here
Never look for the truth in your mother's eyes
Never trust the sound of rain upon a river
Rushing through your ears
Arriving somewhere
But not here
Could you imagine the final sound as a gun
Or the smashing windscreen of a car?
Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out
Was a song?
Arriving somewhere
But not here
All my designs
Simplified
And all of my plans
Compromised
And all of my dreams
Sacrificed
Ever had the feeling you've been here before?
Drinking down the poison the way you were taught
Ever thought from here on in your life begins
And all you knew was wrong?
Arriving somewhere
But not here
All my designs
Simplified
And all of my plans
Compromised
And all of my dreams
Did you see the redness block your part?
Did the scissors cut a way to your heart?
Did you feel the end before the sons of mothers
Tearing you apart?
Arriving somewhere
But not here
Lyrics submitted by Idan, edited by Rustlr, anon21, almasuperr
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Lyrics as written by Gavin Richard Harrison Colin Edwin Balch
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing
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Having read all of the comments, I feel some of the interpretations are a bit.... general? It really does sound like a drink-driving accident to me. I'll try go line by line.
"Never stop the car on a drive in the dark" As somebody said, a person possibly pulled over and was hit by a drunk driver, but I'm leaning towards the idea that this line is slightly ironic. 'Stop' could refer to the general lack of motion of a car after it has crashed.
"Never look for the truth in your mother's eyes" The lines and questions in this song seem to communicate a sort of lesson to be taught, which leads me to believe they are directed at the drunk driver. This line, for example, can refer to the way one seeks comfort and justification from their mother, despite the mother knowing that what their child has done is wrong.
"Never trust the sound of rain upon a river rushing through your ears" Potential blood during an accident? Or it could possible be actual rain. Who knows.
"Arriving somewhere but not here" Every place the driver has come to was not the one he or she intended to go. Someone else here explained that 'somewhere' is a reference to death, while 'here' refers to the place the driver is actually supposed to be.
Okay.... I have a place to get to, so I'll try and analyse the rest of the song when I get more time.